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- All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others
- My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like…
- True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or…
- True forgiveness deals with the past, all of the past, to make the future possible. We cannot go on nursing grudges even vicariously for those…
- And God says to all of us, you are no chicken; you are an eagle. Fly, eagle, fly. And God wants us to shake ourselves,…
- If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else.
- Many people ask me what I have learned from all of the experiences in my life, and I say unhesitatingly: People are wonderful. It is…
- Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily…
- If you are invisible, you are vulnerable. Birth Registration must be everyone's priority. Let's make all children visible and let's give every child a birthday!
- There’s no question about the reality of evil, of injustice, of suffering, but at the center of this existence is a heart beating with love.…
- Instead of separation and division, all distinctions make for a rich diversity to be celebrated for the sake of the unity that underlies them. We…
- And you remember the rainbow in the Bible is the sign of peace. The rainbow is the sign of prosperity. We want peace, prosperity and…
- There is no peace in South Africa. There is no peace because there is no justice. There can be no real peace and security until…
- If we could but recognize our common humanity, that we do belong together, that our destinies are bound up in one another's, that we can…
- The heart of the Christian Gospel is precisely that God is the all holy One; the all powerful One is also the One full of…
- All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean…
- This is a moral universe, which means that despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no way that evil…
- Jesus could weep. Sometimes when you look at the ugliness that makes you weep, you know that the heart of God is also weeping. Jesus…
- We used to say to the apartheid government: you may have the guns, you may have all this power, but you have already lost. Come:…
- Isn't it sad, that in a time when we face so many devastating problems - poverty, HIV/AIDS, war and conflict - that in our Communion…
- One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist…
- God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God's children and their different faiths help…
- Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
- Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?
- God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness,…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle